At Nielsen, we are passionate about our work to power a better media future for all people by providing powerful insights that drive client decisions and deliver extraordinary results. Our talented, global workforce is dedicated to capturing audience engagement with content - wherever and whenever it’s consumed. Together, we are proudly rooted in our deep legacy as we stand at the forefront of the media revolution. When you join Nielsen, you will join a dynamic team committed to excellence, perseverance, and the ambition to make an impact together. We champion you, because when you succeed, we do too. We enable your best to power our future. Nielsen Marketing Cloud’s big-data group is looking for a highly skilled backend developer with a strong passion for data and cutting-edge technologies.We process 25TB of data each day in a highly distributed system running hundreds of instances in the cloud and storing data in modern NoSQL DBs like Aerospike. Our system has to be highly performant yet cost effective, scale up and down yet at the same time adhere to a strict SLA.As a developer in the team, you’ll be tasked with designing and implementing new features and methodologies to make the system more effective and be able to support evolving market needs. In your role as a backend developer, you'll design, build, and manage our application server. Your focus will be on achieving highly distributed, scalable, high-performing, and cost-effective systems.Additionally, you’ll have the opportunity to work on other types of projects and technologies like serverless systems and big data pipelines. We use the latest cloud and data technologies and constantly like to experiment with new ones, so if you are passionate about data, cutting-edge technologies, love to learn, experiment and make your projects shine, this is the place for you.
Technical skills
A degree in computer science or equivalent
At least 4+ years of hands-on experience in server-side development working on several complex projects
Experience working with Java and Java frameworks
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
Good English (verbal AND written)
Soft skills
A team member
Ability to transform a user story / concept into a working scalable system
Present your ideas and drive to decisions Ability to self-start and push projects forward toward completion
Be able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, meet deadlines, effectively manage priorities and communicate progress
Be able to take an idea from the ideation stage to incubation, planning and execution phase
Love to bring fresh ideas and out of the box thinking to the projects you are working on
Passion for learning and finding that unexpected solution
Skills that are an advantage
Experience with cloud services, preferably on AWS
Additional languages such as Scala and Python
Fluency in SQL
Strong understanding of data modeling, database design, data warehousing concepts and distributed systems principles
Experience with data-driven technologies such as Airflow, Spark, Kafka and Flink
Experience with RDBMS and NoSQL databases
Experience with Dockers and Kubernetes
Experience with continuous deployment tools like GitLab pipelines, Terraform and Ansible
